The Acoustic Research AR412P floorstanding loudspeakers have a planar ribbon tweeter (seen below the top two midrange drivers) and a 12" side-firing woofer with a built-in 500W amplifier. The price for all this? $2800 per pair.

Dynaudio has completely restyled their Confidence series of loudspeakers. Shown are the $12,000 C2 (front in maple finish, also available in rosewood) and the $16,000 C4 (shown in rosewood finish, also available in maple). Both speakers use a new version of the Esotar² tweeter.

Well-known tuner maker Magnum Dynalab showed the new remote-controlled DT-5 AM/FM analog tuner priced at $975. The unit features balanced outputs.

Philips showed the DVD 962SA multichannel SACD and DVD-V player priced at $599. The unit also features the Faroudja DCDi progressive-scan video-processing circuitry.

Lasonic's portable DVD player ($130) comes in several colors and is a lightweight, portable way to enjoy movies.